Laments

By Kim Bond

Ever feel like you're the only one struggling while everyone else's life seems to be going great? You're not alone! Laments is a collection of authentic essays and genuine poems that capture life's darkest moments, yet they also hold onto hope in God. Topics encompass death, broken relationships, financial struggles, and more. Authors include: Sandra L. Hickman, Molly woundresser, Ross Archer, Judy K. Haught, Gerard Sarnat, Erika B. Girard, Sandy Loam, Jane Beal, PhD, Wanda J. Burnside, Rachelle Larsen, Ramelle Lee, and Susannah Cragwick.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kim Bond
• Release date: Feb 21, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463085677

Kim Bond

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Laments

Edited by Kim Bond

This anthology is dedicated to our Lord.

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Table of Contents

Love Is a Bridge by Sandra L Hickman

Ode to Tears by Molly woundresser

Bittersweet by J. Ross Archer

Forever Love by Judy K. Haught

Memoriousopathy: Commander Data Dementia Drill by Gerard Sarnat

Remembering You by Erika B. Girard

The Passing of Time by Sandy Loam

Beauty for Ashes by Jane Beal, PhD

Back-Up, Satan! by Wanda J. Burnside

Vain Repetitions by Rachelle Larsen

Believe and Live! by Wanda J. Burnside

Veteran Suicide: Lamenting as I Sing by Susannah Cragwick

God’s Place of Visitation by Ramelle Lee

The Necessary Struggle by Kim Bond

Dance With Me by Molly woundresser

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About the Authors

Love Is a Bridge

By Sandra L Hickman

From lamenting to joy, the love of God will bridge even the widest gap of fear and dread. Many have faced monumental hardships to save their children. It was our personal experience that only fierce motherly love could navigate this heart-torn emotional journey. But when the jagged edges of your frayed and torn emotions are just too much to bear God steps in and that's when you surrender it all. You know that this is a God-sized problem and His shoulders are much bigger than yours! He sees your lamentations. He feels them as strongly as you do. His big heart is breaking at the sound of your one-small-heart splitting in two. Only the supreme Being who is God can turn your heartbreak and lamenting into pure joy. This is about my grandson Jordan whose life has been a journey of lamentations, love and miracles. How his life was saved by God who then handed the baton to his mother Tari, my daughter who continues to be his fierce and unrelenting Mama-bear, and to me Jordan’s grandmother, his fierce Nanna-bear. By His perfect Spirit, God has lead us through it all . . . The watchful eye of the Father and the saving grace of the Son have been, and still are ever present in Jordan’s life. In truth we are the caretakers of this amazing young life which God entrusted to us.

God's love is the greatest love of all. It's through His love that you really find the enormity of the beautiful passion and meaning of Divine Love. The following account describing that love, is based on my poem entitled Love Is...

Love Is . . . It's when you can love a tiny life this much, and still manage to breathe!

That's how it was when he was born. He came into this world dead... flatlined. Emotions were running, both good and bad. Good that he was alive, bad that his life was in so much peril. Loving him hurt so much. Resenting the doctor so much hurt.... everything hurt! He was eventually revived. Watching him struggle to live hurt. But he did live! I thanked God with a depth of thankfulness I could never have imagined. The kind that comes from a place so deep and desperate like the passing through the valley in